The Bar Towel

Seems Redline in Barrie is closed. Don't know when, but at least more than a year ago.

midlife crisis wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2025 3:53 pm Good god, if Landshark is your "craft" beer you are in pretty rough shape, IMO. I thought Blue Moon was Molson-Coors?

Landshark is brewed by Waterloo, and yah....not really "craft" beer to me.

Blue Moon is, indeed, Molson-Coors.

Had Bobcaygeon Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout (2021) last night.

I love these types of beers. This one seemed a bit on the sweet side though if that makes sense. Could this be because it is a few years old now? I don't really know how aging changes these beers.

Brock expert says U.S. surgeon general call for cancer warnings on alcohol not that simple

This article discusses how the good and bad of alcohol consumption is not black and white.

New Ontario in North Bay closed 2024 December 21 Past last call for local craft brewery "It is with heavy hearts that we are announcing the closure of the Taproom. We moved into 1401 Seymour excited to grow with North Bay but, unfortunately, the debts we accrued over COVID, along with ever-incr...

Cass wrote: ↑Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:55 am And just for fun, here's some pics of the animals!

AWESOME photos!!!

Last summer, I was hoping to stop by there on my way home from places in Eastern Ontario. I was going to be in Peterborough about noon, but they didn't open until 2. I contacted them, and they were willing to have someone there at noon so I could buy some beer. So a big shout out to them for that. U...

As mentioned, I got the Lake of Bays calendar this year. Here is some information about it.

Even after buying one, I checked and couldn’t find it on the LCBO website. I’ve never understood how this can happen. Don’t you have to have inventory to ring up a sale?

So I'm in the LCBO today (yah, crazy to go there this close to Christmas) and I see a can of Asura Premium Pale Ale from Cool India Brewing Company (London, ON). I'd never heard of them, and while not unprecedented, it's not common for me to hear of a brewery for the first time by seeing their beer ...

Muddy York Plank Road Sherry Barrel Aged Baltic Porter

I had one of these left of two I had bought a while ago. I checked emails....it was the spring of 2021. Longer ago than I realized.

I love this stuff. I hope they make it again sometime.

Thanks Cass,

I love the Bartowel.

Cass wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2024 1:55 pm My sense is that it's become a hotspot for city New Yorkers that want out of the NYC region but still want to stay in the state.

Hmmm. Makes me think of PEC in Ontario. Did you find things generally expensive?

Collective Arts Bourbon Barrel Age Imperial Porter

I thought I might have had this for a couple of years, but the packaging date on the bottom of the can is 2021 August. Time flies.

It's really good. Wish they would make it again.